RouteConverter and Mac OS X

[hvdwolf]

Unfortunately not.

But I can resize the 3 June version and the 4 june version. That's great as well.

[hvdwolf]

I found another java discussion here dealing about the local TCP port settings on OSX (and Vista as well) giving some insights. At least I, as complete java nono, think it does.

[hvdwolf]

I did some analysis again on the RouteConverter64.app. The JavaApplicationStub is a 32bit version. The JAVA 1.6 on Leopard is 64bit. That's why it doesn't run. I copied my "/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Resources/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub", which is 64bit, into "RouteConverter64.app/Contents/MacOS/". Then the application starts correctly, however without the map (Failed to create chriis.dj.nativeswing ....).
The info.plist java parameters

Code:

<key>VMOptions</key>
<string>-Xmx256m -XstartOnFirstThread</string>

are not interpreted obviously.
I tried with only

Code:

<key>VMOptions</key>
<string>-XstartOnFirstThread</string>

but that didn't work either.

I will google a little further on VMOptions for OSX bundles.

[routeconverter]

I copied my "/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Resources/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub", which is 64bit, into "RouteConverter64.app/Contents/MacOS/". Then the application starts correctly,

Yes, I know the license situation of the JavaApplicationStub is a little bit weird - nevertheless, I'm packing it currently for the 32-bit version. Is there a way to avoid that? Or a link to download the 64-bit JavaApplicationStub?

[hvdwolf]

You could download the 64bit version from my system here.
I assume there is no problem with it from license point of view. There are many java applications built and shipped this way.
The best thing to do is ask a Snow Leopard user to upload his/her JavaApplicationStub to see whether the Leopard one (mine) is upward compatible and/or the Snow Leopard one is downward compatible.

[routeconverter]

I assume there is no problem with it from license point of view. There are many java applications built and shipped this way.

Thank you for that download. I've integrated that into the latest 64-bit prerelease.

[hvdwolf]

Maybe it is a very stupid question/suggestion, but currently you have in "mapview/src/main/java/slash/navigation/converter/gui/mapview/BaseMapView.java" the following statement:

Code:

ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(0);

What if you change that to:

Code:

ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(0,0,127.0.0.1);

to force it to use the IPV4 localhost inet address, like described here. Especially as both linux and OSX have an inet daemon based network setup (don't have a clue for windows).

Please consider this as a "java no brains" wild guess. I would love to try to compile that myself as that would at the same time hide my stupid suggestion in case it failed, but alas.

[routeconverter]

Maybe it is a very stupid question/suggestion, but currently you have in "mapview/src/main/java/slash/navigation/converter/gui/mapview/BaseMapView.java" the following statement:

Code:

ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(0);

What if you change that to:

Code:

ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(0,0,127.0.0.1);

to force it to use the IPV4 localhost inet address, like described here. Especially as both linux and OSX have an inet daemon based network setup (don't have a clue for windows).

Well, actually I thought: create a socket for me. No more, no less. But as the last fix to replace localhost with 127.0.0.1 in the routeconverter.html showed that there are less problems with different network setups, I've created a new prerelease version. Maybe it does show the error message on Mac OS X anymore?

Please consider this as a "java no brains" wild guess. I would love to try to compile that myself as that would at the same time hide my stupid suggestion in case it failed, but alas.

Please try the latest prerelease and report the result.

[hvdwolf]

Please try the latest prerelease and report the result.

First of all: A big thanks for your continuous support of the small OSX users group.

Unfortunately I still get the port error.

[routeconverter]

First of all: A big thanks for your continuous support of the small OSX users group.

You're welcome and thank you for your help. If we're lucky, I'll have a Snow Leopard DVD in 2 weeks for experiments ;-)

Unfortunately I still get the port error.

Do you see a line like

"Cannot open drag listener socket"

in the log?